If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely

To prevent nosema: In a small jar half filled with lukewarm water, add one teasoon of Fumidil. Shake the jar until dissolved. Stir the jar's contents into 1 gallon of cooled sugar syrup solution you use to feed your bees. Feed at the top of the hive using a hive-top feeder

To prevent nosema: In a small jar half filled with lukewarm water, add one teasoon of Fumidil. Shake the jar until dissolved. Stir the jar's contents into 1 gallon of cooled sugar syrup solution you use to feed your bees. Feed at the top of the hive using a hive-top feeder

Reference: Beekeeping for Dummies Chapter 8 page 137.

Thanks Mtman,

I wasn't asking what Fumagilin-B was used for. I wasn't asking how to introduce the medicine into the syrup. I wasn't even asking what book you read, even though it's a good one! :-)

What I was asking was how many GRAMS to introduce into each gallon of syrup. What I was asking was how many grams of the powder to introduce into one gallon of syrup.

I have read that one tsp=5g (of Fumagilin-B). But Grams are a measure of weight and teaspoons are a measure of volume. I think that Fumagilin-B is about the consistency of powdered sugar, maybe finer. So according to this: Cooking Calculator 5 Grams are TWO teaspoons. Can anyone help me out on this?

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely

Thanks for the info. I knew how to introduce it. Just wasn't sure about whether 1 tsp was 5 grams. I had some conflicting info on that since it's an apple and a bowling ball! Grams are a measure of weight and tsp is a measure of volume! I'm funny that way. Like terms and all that stuff!

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely

From the package of fumagilin b it says the bottle comtains enough for overwintering three colonies. It is a 24 gram bottle so I would assume 8 grams or 1/3 of the bottle per colony.It may require a part of it at each feeding that way but Maarec website shows one teaspoon to a gallon of syrup.

From the package of fumagilin b it says the bottle comtains enough for overwintering three colonies. It is a 24 gram bottle so I would assume 8 grams or 1/3 of the bottle per colony.It may require a part of it at each feeding that way but Maarec website shows one teaspoon to a gallon of syrup.

That's what had me wondering. I see everywhere that 5g is the dose per two chamber hive. Everyone says that 1 tsp = 5g. Well, the powder has the consistency of powdered sugar. If that's true, then TWO tsp is equal to 5g. According to this: Cooking Calculator

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely